Not Bored in Boring, Oregon

Nolan's very "1st Field Trip" was to Bushue's Farm in Boring, Oregon.

We were blessed with a gorgeous sunny day . . . uninterupted views of magestic Mt Hood & blue skies. We tromped thru the pumpkin patches, piled onto trailers stacked with cozy bails of straw & hay towed by bright green John Deere's, checked out all the farm animals, crawled thru dark hay mazes, & even made "dirt babies" for the 1st time. (will provide "how-to" in a follow up post) Fun!

Darla & Elijah got to tag along with us as well . . . due to school closure for parent teacher conferences. Elijah was quick & easy picking out his pumpkin. His favorite activity was hands down the hay maze which required using a flashlight. He is always down for an adventure AND snack. Snack time was important to Eli as well.

Darla was quite delighted to see so many of her own classmates (older siblings of Nolan's peers) also in attendance - which just happened to be all boys, not one female classmate of Darla's. Oh boy! That's ok she didnt shy away from racing them - she came close to winning several of them in fact. That-a-girl DeeDee!

Camera battery went dead but not before I was able to snap a couple pics. . . . thankfully!

Payton hands down chose to skip the pumpkin patch since it meant he got to sleep in and have a QUIET house to himself for several hours that morning. Bah-humbug. Speaking of humbugs Alan is not . . . you should have seen his guilt ridden face as he returned from the local market with the needed gallon of milk in hand AND an extra treat.. . . . . EGG NOG ladies & gentleman. If you can believe it . . . it is already in the dairy cases at most stores. Alan is a die hard Egg Nog fan. Is it just me or does Christmas start earlier & earlier each year?

Speaking of Christmas Alan & Elijah had a pre-scheduled father son "woodworking" session in the garage today. Elijah originally wanted papa to teach him how to carve & sand a wooden beaver (maybe it was a racoon - i forget now) . . . well then at parent teacher conferences Elijah tells papa & I that he wants to make the beaver also holding a leaf blower machine. ?!?!? Talk about random. Elijah secretly reported in my ear this evening that he changed his mind. Instead of making the wooden animal for his friend James - Papa helped him make a wooden race car for his baby brother. We are all pretty jazzed about his handmade christmas endeavor. Should be interesting! Darla is knitting a hat right now for her teacher. . . . and I have made about 12 unique hats thus far. Tomorrow after school we will be taking out the sewing machine for some other fun creations. Well sorry for the super long post - I have been a nonblogger for a week or more, so had to catch up a bit. Have a blessed week!!!